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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 504193, member: 66&quot;]The fake is a half eagle, the painted one is a quarter eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone considered that the painted piece might be one of those middle east counterfeits that were so common back in the 1950&#039;s - 70&#039;s.&nbsp; If so it&#039;s just a bullion piece and they were commonly used in jewelry or painted like that because it was a way to use the fake other than just melting it down.&nbsp; Even if it was real it didn&#039;t have much in the way of numismatic value anyway.&nbsp; Common date and it has some heavy scratches in the field in front of the face on the obv.&nbsp; This coin wasn&#039;t worth much more than bullion anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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